Apparatus for oiling mine-cars



(No Model.)

J. F. BEATTIE. APPARATUS FOR OILING MINE CARS. No. 410,530.

Patented Sept. 3, 1889.

I /%II'/////////////// UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. BEATTIE, OF \VHEELER, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FOR OILING MINE-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 410,530, datedSeptember 3, 1889.

Application filed May 2, 1889. Serial No. 309.374. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES F. BEATTIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at \Vheeler, in the county of Fayette and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in anApparatus for Oiling l\line-0ars; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

here cars are used to transport material in mines and similar workings,the axle is usually made fixed, and the wheel is free to revolvethereon. The oiling is usually done by a boy whose duty it is to oilevery wheel before starting the cars on a round trip. This oiling isfrequently done in dark places, and to save time sometimes is done whilethe cars are in motion. If the boy does not attend strictly to his duty,many of the wheels do not receive oil, and those which do receive oilonly get a small part of the oil which the boy attempts to put on them.

My invention relates to means for automatically oiling the cars in theirtransit past the oiling-station. To accomplish this result, I use awheel of a peculiar construction having a large opening for oil in theend of its hub. tric with the axis of the wheel. Communicating with thisoil-opening is a circular oilchamber of larger diameter than theoil-opening and concentric therewith. The axle extends through the wheelfrom the inner side, its end reaching over into the oil-chamber,

one side of the oil-chan1ber forming the face of the bearing. The key orlinchpin which holds the wheel in place is located within the oilchamberand is inserted through the hole in the side of the oil-chamber, thishole after ward being stopped by a wooden plug. At the outer edge of theoil-chamber and located opposite each other two oil-passages enter.These oil-passages extend toward the center of the hub, and their innerends curving connect with the axle at about the central. part of thehub-bearing. At the oiling-station, located at a suitable distance fromthe track and a number of feet above the same, is an oil-tank. Leadingfrom the oil-tankis a pipe which terminates in a squirt-nozzle, locatedoiling device.

This oil-opening is circular and concenso that a jet of oil from thenozzle will enter the oil'opening of the passing wheel. A valve islocated in the beforeanentioned oil-pipe, which valve is connected bysuitable mechanism with a trip-lever. A projection on this trip-leverforms a wiper which the flange of the wheel to be oiled strikes, so asto open the valve and squirt a jet of oil through the oil-opening intothe oil-cavity.

A11 arrangement such as described is placed 011 each side of the track,so that both wheels on a given axle are oiled simultaneously. Only oneof these arrangements will be shown and described, as that is all thatis necessary to make the invention clear. It will be understood,however, that the two oiling mechanisms for the different sides of thecars may be entirelyindependent of each other, or may be connected sothat one trip-lever and valve will serve for both oil-jets.

To make my invention more clear, I will now refer to the annexed sheetof drawings, which forms part of this specification, and in which--Figure-1 represents the end view of a minecar in position of passing theoiling-station, together with a clear View of my improved Fig. 2represents a side view of my improved wheel, and Fig. 3 a section of thesame.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts part of the journal; a,thekey or linchpin;

a, the hole through which the linchpin is inserted.

B represents the axle.

After the wheel is placed on the axle B the linchpin (L5, which is inthe form of a split cotter, is inserted through the openin a, afterwhich the opening a is closed by driv in g in a wooden plu The split endof the key may be separated by means of a cold-chisel through theoil-opening a In constructing the wheel A there is no ma chine workexcept boring the hole for the axle, the oil-opening, oil-chamber, andoil-passage being all formed bycorcs while the wheel is being cast.

0 represents the oil-tank; c, the pipe leading from the same.

0 represents a nozzle on the'end of pipe 0. This nozzle is so locatedthat it may squirt a jet of oil into the oil-opening of the Wheel a 0represents a valve in the oil-pipe c; 0 the lever which is connected tothe valve 0 and forms part of it. The full-line position of the lever 0shows the valve open. The dotted-line position shows the valve closed.

a is alink connecting the free end of the lever c with one arm of thetrip-lever 0 The other arm of the trip-lever c terminates in the wiperc, which is located to be struck by the flange of the passing wheel.

c is a stop-valve located in the pipe 0, which may be closed whilerepairing the oiling mech anism; or, if cars are run in both directionson the same track, the valve 0 may be closed while the cars are passingin one direction, if it is only desired to oil them once per trip.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The tank 0 is filled withoil; the valve 0 is closed by the gravity of the leversand connectingmechanism; the valve 0 is open; oil passes from the tank 0, through thepipe 0, until the valve 0 is reached. WVe will now suppose a train ofcars passing. As the flange of each wheel strikes the wiper c, the shortarm of the lever c is depressed, the long arm raised, and through theconnecting-link c the valve-lever c is raised to the full-line position,thus opening the valve 0 and causing the oil to squirt out of theopening 0 andinto the oil-opening a of the wheel A. The oil thus entersthe oil-chamber a and, through the revolution of the wheel, works alongthe passage a and is delivered thereby upon the axle at the center ofits bearing in the wheel. Immediately after the oil is squirted into theoil-opening the flangepasses over and releases the wiper c whereupon thevalve is closed, through the gravity of the mechanism.

Having now fully described my improved apparatus and the manner ofoperating the same, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In an apparatus for oiling cars, the combination of anoil-reservoir,a pipe connecting with the said reservoir, a valve locatedin said oil-pipe, a trip-lever connecting to said valve, whereby apassing wheel may open the valve, and a nozzle located at the end ofsaid pipe and so directed that it will squirt a jet of oil into theoil-chamber of the passing Wheel, substantially as specified and setforth.

2. In an apparatus for oiling the journals of car-wheels, a fixed nozzlelocated so as to squirt a jetof oil into the oiling-place of the passingwheel, in combination with a pipe connecting to the said nozzle, anoil-reservoir connected to said pipe, and an automatic valve located inthe said pipe, for controlling the delivery of oil, substantially asspecified and set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

J AMES F, BEATTIE.

WVitnesses:

A. MONTGOMERY, JOSEPH MASTERS.-

